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30 academics, students from İzmir Dokuz Eylül University detained

As part of a relentless purge carried out by the government following a failed coup on July 15, police have detained 30 academics and...

81 police officers detained over ByLock app use

Despite a recent interview that invalidates the government’s allegations of ByLock mobile phone application use in a failed coup on July 15, Turkey on...

[UPDATE] Police chiefs in 61 provinces reshuffled across Turkey

With a new decree issued by the Ministry of Interior Affairs on Wednesday, the chiefs of police of 61 provinces across Turkey have changed...

Turkish Interior Ministry transfers police chiefs of 59 provinces

  Published in the Official Gazette early on Wednesday, Turkey's Interior Ministry has transferred the police chiefs of 59 provinces to other posts. Details to follow...

Teachers who deposited money in Bank Asya for interest-free banking dismissed, columnist says

Teachers who deposited money in Islamic lender Bank Asya, which was seized by the government, for its interest free accounts have been dismissed from...

DW: Former arrestee still feels pain of torture whenever he uses toilet

Thirty-one-year-old K.U., who was tortured for 17 days in custody after he was detained on terrorism charges in late August, says his testicles were...

DW: Turkish teacher hospitalized after being beaten during interrogation

A teacher known only by the initials E.B., who was arrested as part of an investigation into the Gülen movement, was hospitalized after he...

US plans to launch campaign on Raqqa before taking Mosul back from ISIL

US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter indicated on Tuesday that a campaign to take the Syrian city of Raqqa, the so-called capital of the...

Unidentified assailants attack house of AKP youth wing chairman in Southeast

The house of the chairman of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) youth wing in Van's Muradiye district was attacked by unidentified assailants using...

Turkey detains co-mayors of largest Kurdish province on terrorism charges

Diyarbakır co-mayors Gülten Kışanak and Fırat Anlı were detained on terrorism charges on Tuesday evening. A leading politician and former deputy, Kışanak has been serving...

Turkish Parliament declares July 15 official holiday

Turkish deputies approved a bill on Tuesday that declares July 15, the date of a foiled coup attempt in Turkey, as a national holiday,...

Forbes says Türk Telekom hacking Turkish citizens via US firm

Turkey’s partly state-owned telecom provider, Türk Telekom, requested a feed of subscribers’ usernames and passwords for unencrypted websites, along with a list of what...

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